Responding to news of new government plans to allow women in England to take an early abortion pill at home, Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK’s Northern Ireland campaigns manager, said:...

Amnesty International has called for a public inquiry into clerical child sex abuse in Northern Ireland, ahead of a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis this weekend. Amnesty has said that clerical child...

World leaders’ failure to act has allowed the Myanmar security forces’ perpetrators of crimes against humanity to remain at large for a year after their murderous campaign against the Rohingya...

The Ugandan authorities must drop what appear to be trumped-up treason charges against opposition member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, and immediately stop their brutal...

374 people on death row in a state with the highest number of wrongful capital convictions of any in USA Prisoners with mental disability face execution No white person has ever been executed solely...

Responding to news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been granted a three-day “furlough” release from Evin Prison in Iran, Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s Director, said: “This is welcome news...

'The Saudi Embassy has heard us loud and clear demanding the release of these brave women' Amnesty International has staged a car-driving stunt outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in central London this...

At least 11 leading human rights defenders recently detained without charge “The relentless crackdown on human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia will not be met with silence” – Sara Rydkvist Female...

Israa al-Ghomgham faces execution alongside four other activists Charges are “absurd and clearly politically motivated” - Samah Hadid Responding to news that Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty...

Response brings into question whether Office has “a realistic grasp on all the people it has wrongly detained and removed” - Steve Valdez-Symonds The Home Secretary is to provide a formal apology to...